How "Fatal Attraction" Would Play Out in Modern Days

Glenn Close's Fatal Attraction piece from 1987 showed us how dangerous yet intimate sex could be. If you have not watched the movie yet, here is a short recap. Dan Gallagher starts an affair with a single woman from the city, Alex. After a while of unbeatable romance, Gallagher breaks off the affair. Alex does not take too well to it and becomes increasingly unstable. Her behavior becomes a cause of concern for the safety of Dan and his family.

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GUEST COLUMN: Behind the Scenes of “Ocean's Eleven”

by Lewis Robinson

The 2001 film “Ocean's Eleven” was received very well by audiences, and has a score of 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes to this day. Everything came together spectacularly, from the casting choices to the gripping story. However, some of what went on behind the scenes was just as gripping as the movie. Keep reading to learn about the following facts about the behind the scenes of “Ocean's Eleven.”

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GUEST COLUMN: 3 Things We Learned From the Documentary "Eating You Alive"

by Lewis Robinson

Eating You Alive is a 2018 documentary about how the foods we eat can influence our health. While most people know that eating fast food and other junk food is terrible for our health. However, not everyone may not know that even some homemade meals, as wholesome as they may seem, can also cause problems. Below are some of the things we learned from Eating You Live.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Viewers and fans will contemplate whether Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was the best Ryan Coogler and company could have done with their tragic circumstances. They will wonder if this pivot and royal escalation was the right approach. At some point, all of those questions (and others) have dual contexts between what they mean on-screen and off. Those questions also do not have a universal best, right, or perfect answer. For better or worse, we are now past “must” and the show emphatically goes on.

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Which are The Best Sad Movies of All Time?

A tragic movie can provide much more than a comforting "good cry." The films that leave you feeling the most uncomfortable often accomplish what is perhaps the pinnacle of cinema: creating empathy in the audience. Even though you probably can hardly bear to watch them more than once, they are the stories that touch you so deeply that you remember them for years to come.

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GUEST COLUMN: 7 Movies That Would Have Different Plots With Modern Technology

by Kevin Gardner

Watching older movies brings back nostalgia for simpler times. However, these films also help us appreciate the technology we have now. Just in the past few decades, we have seen wireless internet, laptops and tablets become ubiquitous parts of everyday life. Of course, these devices are nowhere to be found in films from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Businesses portrayed in those movies also did not have modern essentials such as MDR.

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GUEST COLUMN: The Best Movies Shift Your Perspectives

by Kevin Gardner

The best sports movies, however, shift this paradigm and can take yours along for the ride. One good example is the movie Friday Night Lights, which follows the 1988 Permian High School football team from Odessa, Texas. Instead of an underdog team fighting against the odds to ultimately win, this film portrays the stresses faced by the real teenagers the story is based on.

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Is There a “Right” Way to Read a Movie?

The art of film analysis and critique is something that people enjoy to varying degrees. You can love movies without necessarily feeling the urge to pick them apart, scene-by-scene, frame-by-frame, but at the same time, some people might feel as though this is a move that helps to strengthen their love of the film and the medium in general. It’s subjective, and there’s no right way to enjoy a film when it comes to reading it.

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PODCAST: Episode 87 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 87th episode, two grizzled film critics, two mad-bomber dads, and two disco-dancing school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan welcome back Lauren Knight of L.A. Knight Consulting for a back-to-back Sylvester Stallone love fest. Last time, it was new Sly for Samaritan. This time, they dig back to 1981's Nighthawks where a Stallone beard and Rutger Hauer, in his American debut, steal the show. Listen to wear this terrorist thriller ranks for our gathered talkers.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Armageddon Time

The merit of this story of formative failure can only be truly assessed by whether this teenage proxy of the filmmaker himself turned out alright after the credits roll and history continued forward. One can learn by failure only if they learn. Like the main character, the submission of the movie itself does not put forth enough fight for earned growth. If Armageddon Time is the sum total of James Gray’s regret, then it is a weak indictment that comes off little better than someone saying “I had a Black friend once.”

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